On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote, [on 4/10/2008 7:35 AM]:
Aren't there a number of studies that say the peer group matters more
than the parenting?
Citations?
Well, would it REALLY help to have them? This seems like
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
H I enjoyed that very,very much. (Udhay will probably kill me for
not adding a debatable opinion but only appreciating what someone else
has written..but so what!)...I suppose the only form of life you DID
regularly
On 10/04/2008, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote, [on 4/10/2008 7:35 AM]:
Aren't there a number of studies that say the peer group matters more
than the parenting?
Citations?
Udhay
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Aren't there a number of studies that say the peer group matters more
than the parenting?
I too have vague memories of reading something along the lines of how,
*beyond a certain age*, the child's peer group has more of an influence on
the child than the parents. Even if true, given that the
On Thursday 10 Apr 2008 2:57:33 pm Badri Natarajan wrote:
Aren't there a number of studies that say the peer group matters more
than the parenting?
I too have vague memories of reading something along the lines of how,
*beyond a certain age*, the child's peer group has more of an influence
I've been wondering why there is an acute lack of *any* restaurant, in
Bangalore, that serves Mexican food. I'm not sure if this is true of
the rest of India too...
A friend contrasted this to the proliferation of Chinese and Italian
(or rather, Indian versions) restaurants because, in his
On 10-Apr-08, at 4:14 PM, ss wrote:
So I believe that it could be wrong to say that one or the other
have greater
influence. Both parents and peer group are inextricably involved
with any
given child and the influence of one cannot be completely isolated.
The material I was reading tended
Gautam John [10/04/08 16:30 +0530]:
I've been wondering why there is an acute lack of *any* restaurant, in
Bangalore, that serves Mexican food. I'm not sure if this is true of
the rest of India too...
Madras has one - not that it is very authentic
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Gautam John [10/04/08 16:30 +0530]:
I've been wondering why there is an acute lack of *any* restaurant, in
Bangalore, that serves Mexican food. I'm not sure if this is true of
the rest of India too...
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been wondering why there is an acute lack of *any* restaurant, in
Bangalore, that serves Mexican food. I'm not sure if this is true of
the rest of India too...
There used to be one - a not very good one - in the hotel
The visual neurons are still intact, and they're firing off,
telling the brain one thing, Tsao said. The propriaceptive
neurons are firing off, telling the brain something else. ...My
thinking is that there is some sort of center in the brain that
coordinates these signals. ... Somehow,
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Ingrid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Except that in choosing both residential neighbourhoods and schools, parents
(usually) determine peer group as well.
Which brings us back to square one -- my worry about the peer group at
most non-traditional schools and
On 4/10/08, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been wondering why there is an acute lack of *any* restaurant, in
Bangalore, that serves Mexican food. I'm not sure if this is true of
the rest of India too...
Way back when, in the late 80s, there was a Mexican restaurant in Bangalore,
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Ingrid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Except that in choosing both residential neighbourhoods and schools,
parents
(usually) determine peer group as well.
Which brings us back to square
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been wondering why there is an acute lack of *any* restaurant, in
Bangalore, that serves Mexican food. I'm not sure if this is true of
I have had Mexican food in what is now Le Meridien in Bangalore. I got
diarrhea after eating the stuff.
In fact another restaurant in the premises serves Sushi - which was OK.
shiv
On Thursday 10 Apr 2008 4:30:05 pm Gautam John wrote:
I've been wondering why there is an acute lack of *any*
On Thursday 10 Apr 2008 4:39:43 pm Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
Bad parenting + good peers = some hope
Good parenting + bad peers = disaster
Interesting but it sounds like an escape route for parents - a clause that can
always be quoted as an excuse.
The peer group cannot really be checked - so
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:00 AM, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been wondering why there is an acute lack of *any* restaurant, in
Bangalore, that serves Mexican food. I'm not sure if this is true of
the rest of India too...
A friend contrasted this to the proliferation of
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:08 AM, ss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday 10 Apr 2008 4:39:43 pm Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
Bad parenting + good peers = some hope
Good parenting + bad peers = disaster
Interesting but it sounds like an escape route for parents - a clause that
can
We home schooled our children. Not a popular option in India I think,
and one can argue whether that puts our kids in the good peers or
bad peers equation, but I'm pretty happy with the results.
-- Charles
NOT an option in India...
Deepa.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
oh YES RamI think it was called Orange County (before the resort
in Coorg came up) and what an accurate description of that
...er...musician (I was told that he died, and I strongly suspected it
was either by
Dave Kumar wrote, [on 4/10/2008 7:05 PM]:
Way back when, in the late 80s, there was a Mexican restaurant in Bangalore,
on Church Street or thereabouts I believe. It was a Mexican fast food
place.
Maybe you're thinking of Pecos, in its first avatar? IIRC, it started
off as a Mexican food
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We home schooled our children. Not a popular option in India I think,
It's an option only if you are confident you have the ability to home
school your children. I have doubts about my teaching skills.
Ram
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There was also one on Lady Curzon Road near Bowring Hospital that wasn't
bad. I forget the name now.
Latino's. It was, IIRC, terrible. Cheesy potato skins.
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On 4/10/08, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave Kumar wrote, [on 4/10/2008 7:05 PM]:
Way back when, in the late 80s, there was a Mexican restaurant in
Bangalore,
on Church Street or thereabouts I believe. It was a Mexican fast food
place.
Maybe you're thinking of Pecos, in
Charles Haynes wrote, [on 4/10/2008 7:43 PM]:
Enchiladas would be dead simple though. I'll be visiting in a few
weeks, maybe we can get together and make enchiladas.
So we have the next silkmeet all set then. Bring some Tequila. :)
Udhay
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Gautam John wrote, [on 4/10/2008 8:32 PM]:
There was also one on Lady Curzon Road near Bowring Hospital that wasn't
bad. I forget the name now.
Latino's. It was, IIRC, terrible. Cheesy potato skins.
Right. I remember it for its sizzlers (not Mexican, but tasty nonetheless.)
Udhay
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Udhay Shankar N [10/04/08 20:32 +0530]:
Charles Haynes wrote, [on 4/10/2008 7:43 PM]:
Enchiladas would be dead simple though. I'll be visiting in a few
weeks, maybe we can get together and make enchiladas.
So we have the next silkmeet all set then. Bring some Tequila. :)
Bring lots. Stream
On 4/10/08, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We home schooled our children. Not a popular option in India I think,
and one can argue whether that puts our kids in the good peers or
bad peers equation, but I'm pretty happy with the results.
-- Charles
NOT an option in India...
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ashok _ [10/04/08 11:24 +0300]:
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On 10 Apr 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't remember the name of the place.
Pinch of Jazz ? On the 5th floor ?
The food was not really Mexican or even Tex-Mex (think chappatis with
rajma),
I remember the cuisine being billed as Cajun. I agree with the not very
good part though.
but
On 4/10/08, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Ingrid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Except that in choosing both residential neighbourhoods and schools,
parents
(usually) determine peer group as well.
Which brings us back to square one -- my worry about
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been wondering why there is an acute lack of *any* restaurant, in
Bangalore, that serves Mexican food. I'm not sure if this is true of
the rest of India too...
Indi Joes is a chain found at least in Bangalore and
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Ramjee Swaminathan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Typically, many of the non traditional schools are small in size, have
only a few 'dedicated' folks behind the show, they subscribe to some
didactic philosophy
(Montessori/Steiner/Horseburgh/Krishnamurthy/Neill/MK
On 4/10/08, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I was growing up, my parents lacked the money or connections or
even knowledge to be able to send me to schools like Rishi Valley.
They did send me to pretty good mainstream disciplinarian, 100%
success rate (Most of our students get into IIT)
On Thursday 10 Apr 2008 9:59:14 pm Ramjee Swaminathan wrote:
I am merely
hinting at the possibility that it's effect is minimal and that the
damage/goodwork done to the child (direclty and indirectly) is already
done by the time peers enter the picture.
True IMO.
The peer group become
ashok _ [10/04/08 18:58 +0300]:
Sorry didnt get your reply (is there a list delivery problem on
silk-list ?)... picked
this up from the yahoo group archive
none here. I run the server myself so ..
The server we are running is a dedicated server that also runs an IRC server.
The problem
On 4/10/08, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Different is not better
At Intel's advanced-chip plants, normal
consistency doesn't cut it: The company even
copies the air in the room
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1194591355141180.xmlcoll=7
Isnt
On Thursday 10 Apr 2008 9:12:16 pm ashok _ wrote:
Imagine a friend serves you an especially
delicious cake and offers to share the recipe.
Seems like something you could make, until you
get a look at the ingredients: The eggs must come
from the same farm where your friend got hers.
Flour,
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:12 PM, ss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually this sounds like typical corporate propaganda via an advertorial, of
which one sees a lot in unexpected places and ways.
...
Don't know about computer chips but there is a lot of variation in lots of
products that use
divya manian wrote, [on 4/11/2008 7:42 AM]:
At Intel's advanced-chip plants, normal
consistency doesn't cut it: The company even
copies the air in the room
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1194591355141180.xmlcoll=7
Isnt this what McDonalds does to
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:11 PM, Ramjee Swaminathan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyway, the point is that regular or irregular schools, the onus is
actually on the parents.
That, in fact, is the crux of the matter. Personally, the
responsibility of making sure my kid turns out normal (let alone
Bombay has Cream Center (Chowpatty and Bandra) which serves edible Mexican
stuff. i tried Mexican at TGIF in Connaught Place in Delhi (where I am now
based) and it was OK, though I had to specifically ask them to get me
guacamole (I love that stuff).
I miss a place like Picante in Boston's
At 2008-04-11 11:01:56 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i tried Mexican at TGIF in Connaught Place in Delhi (where I am now
based) and it was OK
Ten, at the YWCA on Parliament Street in Delhi, serves Mexican food
(Quesadillas, especially) that I enjoyed eating; but I have never
had an
Late to this thread due to all the running around trying to relocate my
restaurant, but here's my 2 paisa:
Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
Ten, at the YWCA on Parliament Street in Delhi, serves Mexican food
(Quesadillas, especially) that I enjoyed eating; but I have never
had an opportunity to sample
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